Chevelle

#1,911 for girls in 2025, 101 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 93.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
2019 · 234 births
Debut · girls
49 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,790
since 1963

Chevelle over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #1,075, 2019peak #3,244, 1965girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,911101#8,2439
2024#1,753115#8,9878
2023#1,837109#8,9218
2022#1,521141#9,8237
2021#1,739118#7,58710
2020#1,373158#9,5547
2019#1,075234#7,17311
2018#1,609133#9,6707
2017#1,545142#8,1409
2016#1,403166#5,78915
2015#1,600134#6,67612
2014#1,399164#8,1309
2013#1,570137#12,1365
2012#1,469154#7,05011
2011#1,748117#10,8086
2010#1,897106#7,59110
2009#1,979105#5,80015
2008#2,20690#9,8717
2007#2,19890#8,9158
2006#2,51273#9,5857
2005#2,55367#5,03416
2004#2,92754#11,3565
2003#2,80055#10,8945
2002#4,38128
2001#3,70335
2000#4,98123#9,1126
1999#3,56934#9,9125
1998#4,02328
1997#4,50823
1996#4,18425
1995#4,21724
1994#3,79028
1993#4,39323
1992#4,38223#8,4355
1991#3,93626#8,2365
1990#4,52321
1989#3,47729
1988#4,01522
1987#3,62424
1986#3,55424
1985#4,45517#6,5235
1984#5,22213
1983#5,45712#6,2385
1982#4,71615
1981#4,96314
1980#4,32717
1979#4,23117
1978#4,93113
1977#8,4446#5,1236
1976#6,0489
1975#3,77417
1974#3,31320
1973#2,62927#5,1015
1972#3,17720
1971#2,29634
1970#2,35432
1969#2,91721
1968#2,02435
1967#1,90538
1966#1,95235
1965#1,71543#3,2447
1964#1,21183#4,0395
1963#1,62349#3,6466
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First appearance
1963

The first year at least five girls were named Chevelle! It came in at #1,623, and was given to 49 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1976–1977, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 158 spots since 2024 (#1,753#1,911)
  • 538 spots since 2020 (#1,373#1,911)
  • 311 spots since 2015 (#1,600#1,911)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 2019 at #1,075 (234 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,173
  • Highest: 1 in 7,173 girls born in 2019 were named Chevelle (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,914 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 39.2% of all girls named Chevelle (1,487) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s304#1,211 (1964)#1,907
1970s195#2,296 (1971)#4,120
1980s187#3,477 (1989)#4,381
1990s255#3,569 (1999)#4,153
2000s620#1,979 (2009)#3,024
2010s1,487#1,075 (2019)#1,532
2020s742#1,373 (2020)#1,689

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Chevelle in 2016

girls
#1,403
166 births · 1 in 10,675 girls
boys
#5,789
15 births · 1 in 126,516 boys

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #1,403Chevelle166

Top boys' names in 2016

  1. #1Noah19,188
  2. #2Liam18,277
  3. #3William15,810
  4. #4Mason15,287
  5. #5James14,920
  6. #6Benjamin14,686
  7. #7Jacob14,559
  8. #8Michael14,145
  9. #9Elijah13,982
  10. #10Ethan13,855
  11. #5,789Chevelle15
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 10,675 of them was named Chevelle, which outranked 92.6% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chevelle
  1. #1,394Kaylyn167
  2. #1,394Maite167
  3. #1,394Sapphire167
  4. #1,403Chevelle166
  5. #1,403Elissa166
  6. #1,403Zahara166
  7. #1,406Grecia165
  8. #1,406Janice165
  9. #1,406Kaci165

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. 2,389Kehlani#3,254#865
  2. 612Royalty#1,146#534
  3. 481Saoirse#1,448#967
  4. 396Ophelia#978#582
  5. 364Aitana#915#551
Fallers
  1. 542Caitlin#610#1,152
  2. 451Caitlyn#598#1,049
  3. 397Katelynn#652#1,049
  4. 382Kaitlynn#989#1,371
  5. 340Neriah#946#1,286

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 126,516 of them was named Chevelle, which outranked 59.3% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chevelle
  1. #5,555Zoltan16
  2. #5,555Zoran16
  3. #5,555Zyhir16
  4. #5,789Chevelle15
  5. #5,789Aadil15
  6. #5,789Aamari15
  7. #5,789Abdiaziz15
  8. #6,053Aarik14
  9. #6,053Aemon14
  10. #6,053Ahkeem14

Tied with 263 names at #5,789; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. 2,327Kylo#3,231#904
  2. 355Creed#1,340#985
  3. 349Benicio#1,327#978
  4. 303Adonis#698#395
  5. 291Fox#1,035#744
Fallers
  1. 477Jonael#922#1,399
  2. 238Aaden#784#1,022
  3. 233Triston#950#1,183
  4. 223Freddy#993#1,216
  5. 207Chace#934#1,141

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2016